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Old 28th Nov 2020, 15:10
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Originally Posted by WHBM
Who was the Prime Minister (John Major ?) visiting the US President in Washington, early 1990s. Standing at Andrews AFB were the PM, President, and SofS for Transport (or similar). In front of them were the RAF VC-10 and the 747 Air Force One.

PM : "Have to say Mr President your aircraft is very impressive".
SofS : "Oh Prime Minister, I'll have to introduce you to Mr Richard Branson, he's got eight of them".
Better to introduce him to Lord King and sir Colin Marshall. They had more than fifty at the time
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